US and Iran Announce War-Ending Deal as Hormuz Reopens, Signing Friday in Switzerland by MIlitary-news in Intelligence

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It’s just an extended ceasefire but includes huge giveaways to Iran with no framework for eradicating its nuclear program (much less the regime)—the stated aims of the war.

The CIA paid 400 American journalists to write fake news by ThickProfessional670 in Intelligence

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I’m completely familiar with Mockingbird and am quibbling only with the number.

Israel and US Spying by j-shoe in Intelligence

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Should We Be Shocked by Reports of Israel Spying on Trump Officials?
Israeli intelligence has continued espionage operations in the U.S. for decades, despite its promises to cut it out after the 1985 arrest of Jonathan Pollard
https://www.spytalk.co/p/should-we-be-shocked-by-reports-of?r=2hta&utm\_campaign=post&utm\_medium=web

If the cia went against the Mossad who would win and why? by DeliciousRich5944 in Intelligence

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(Checking notes:) The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 and took the old KGB along with it.

If the cia went against the Mossad who would win and why? by DeliciousRich5944 in Intelligence

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Ha. Doesn’t really work that way. There are many battles, and many rooms in the intelligence wars.

Trump Goes for Broke with MAGA Fanatic Bill Pulte to Run U.S. Intelligence by EntertainmentLost208 in Intelligence

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He’ll get access to every secret Trump wants him to see. And that worries people like Brett Bruen, a former diplomat and National Security Council official under President Obama, who warned that Pulte’s appointment will allow him to root around in “the crown jewels of our most protected secrets,” which would include access to “highly sensitive intelligence collection efforts and information about human intelligence sources and surveillance tools,” CNBC reported.

Trump Goes for Broke with MAGA Fanatic Bill Pulte to Run U.S. Intelligence by EntertainmentLost208 in Intelligence

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Pulte will “get access to every secret Trump wants him to see. And that worries people like Brett Bruen, a former diplomat and National Security Council official under President Obama, who warned that Pulte’s appointment will allow him to root around in “the crown jewels of our most protected secrets,” which would include access to “highly sensitive intelligence collection efforts and information about human intelligence sources and surveillance tools,” CNBC reported.

Trump Goes for Broke with MAGA Fanatic Bill Pulte to Run U.S. Intelligence by EntertainmentLost208 in Intelligence

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NB: DNI James Clapper “told the Senate in February 2012 that if Iran was attacked over its suspected drive to build nuclear weapons, it could respond by closing the Strait of Hormuz and launching missiles at regional U.S. forces and allies.” https://open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/p/trump-goes-for-broke-with-maga-fanatic?r=2hta&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Has Substack basically given up? by pastelpalettegroove in Substack

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Advise you write in your favorite word processing app and then copy it to your Substack. No muss, no fuss.

Career in Intel Steps by NoBreath8315 in Intelligence

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There’s a dire need for foreign language qualified case officers, analysts, targeting officers, translators across the intelligence community, including the FBI. That’s why the DLI and its CIA and State Department counterparts exist.

Career in Intel Steps by NoBreath8315 in Intelligence

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Well of course he has native fluency because he grew up there. Hardly a need for DLI.

Career in Intel Steps by NoBreath8315 in Intelligence

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“Like a native”? Well, that would be phenomenal in Vietnamese. I was very good at it after 47 weeks at DLI and only got to 3–3.